INTEL COMPUTE STICK in 2023 - Is it still worth it? | Gaming, Office, Server
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- The Intel Compute Stick - A review of a seemingly ancient device.
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You can actually play Fallout 3 on the intel compute but it requires so much downgrading in the settings text. When you do play it, the game looks like pre-alpha footage with n64 graphics.
I hope mini pc stick return in future with Arm processor.
With thunderbolt port 😮
Would be cool but I doubt it
These things were ahead of their time and I had the pleasure to use one when trying to show a presentation but the PC at the location had issues opening it. Being able to carry a system you know works to directly interface to a projector in this form factor is a very underrated ability, you just maybe need to be the type of person to travel around and show presentations with minimal prior troubleshooting.
Apparently Minisforum is attempting to revive the concept with a Stick PC that uses USB C for media and power solving one of the most glaring issues with most in current circulation, which lack an internal battery. It's definitely something I'll be looking for, even if it costs a little more than a Mini PC of similar performance.
Of course a runner-up for filling this type of purpose would be a smartphone, but I haven't yet seen anything that lets them interface to HDMI, usually it's the projector that is adapted so it can talk to a smartphone, which excludes any and all venues sporting anything older, as well dumb TVs (which is the state they all should be).
Most modern phones will let you plug in a USB-C to HDMI cable and it'll work right away. Even back in 2013 I could plug in a special micro-USB cable that would let my phone output displayport, of course back then there was no USB standard for video output, but now that we have USB-C outputting HDMI from a phone is pretty simple.
@@raiden24 USB-C adaptors are something I later looked at when looking for a new laptop. USB-C is definitely versatile, to the point the operating system becomes the limitation of what you can do with a smartphone more than the ability to interface. In my original comment I sorta aknowledged that but promptly forgot about it in the last third.
Stick PCs remain "neat" and I still favor the idea of them over the trash fire that are smart TVs. They have limited use but a definite role for a media center, also they're just plain cute. I'll keep holding out hope for a modern compute stick that uses recent tech.
This is a good video. Provided me with a lot of good information. Thanks
I had one of these and it sucked sooo badly. There was no sound. It was slow, couldn't run anything besides a browser. A chromebook or mini pc is jist such a better option
I have Ubuntu version with 1GB RAM, looking back it was an unnecessary purchase, I barely used it, now I got a laptop, I’m not sure If I ever used it somewhere else than my home. Now I’m wondering if it can be vialable option for NAS, I’ve been reading about network drives for some time and I’m going to build myself one, I actually wanted something that can take two or four 3.5 SATA drives, but I don’t want to spend too much money on it yet and I realised that maybe Intel Stick will work, I wouldn’t have to use USB drives, but in this case that’s ok.
It should work great as long as you work within its expectations.
I have the m3 version its plays fall nv pretty well around 30-60 depending on the area. I also tried pcsx2 it ran some games great at 1x but would have to do some tuning to the tdp i have mine set to go to 10w
Great timing. I was planning on getting one locally, but I wanted to try the entire «Windows 10 with 2 GB» situation under VMWare first. Keeping the system in check is one hell of a challenge when half of the RAM is eaten on idle, but there's a lot of room to optimize. One more thing: The Dev build of Chromium is updated and 32-bit compatible.
You could go with the m5 version and 4GB of RAM. Should help a lot with performance. I am thinking about getting one for comparison.
Now I know what I need, Thanks
I have the Cherry Trail one and the M3 one and i will be selling them both soon. I am a Mac user and i got them for those instances when a Windows PC is needed but when i start them, they spend all the time thermal throttling and i am waiting to get simple jobs done. Windows updates are the reason for this im sure. If other operating systems were of any use to me, i would probably get on better with them. But as they are, they just get on my nerves. Batocera perhaps ? 😆
Would be interesting how this compares to some very lite Linux Distro (Lubuntu or Debian LXQT for example) and try the same tasks / games.
That‘s one of the videos I have on my list. Just need to find the time for it.
I have had some success with ChromeOS Flex and it's sibling, FydeOS. Being familiar with the issue around the fan spinning up (noticeably if you are listening for it, at least), I can say I have not had that experience with those two OS's. Can't really recommend running Windows on it, though.
I think Great thing u can do to these sticks is to install Linux on them
ESPECIALLY with older models since that’s only 64bit os that stick let’s install without too much issues
Linux is much more light weight and probably will perform better in gaming and tasks it was actually intended for
I can't find the AC power adapter for it, can you share the voltage requirements? Thanks
The output on my power adapter is 5V 3A. Should be doable with a good phone charger.
I have problem trying ChromeOS flex. Can you elaborate.
Never tried ChromeOS Flex, sorry.
Hi. I'm considering buying this little device. Is there any way to manually control the fan, even at the cost of performance? I really don't want for the fan noises to annoy me
Huh, good question. I don‘t think there is.
You could open it up and unplug the fan but that would probably hurt the hardware.
I don‘t know about software solutions that work on this device and as far as I remember the BIOS does not let you control fan speed.
Do you know where can I download the drivers?
Intel still has them on their website. Just type your "model number + drivers" into Google and you should find them. The drivers for my model (STK1A32SC) are here: www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/91064/intel-compute-stick-stk1a32sc/downloads.html
host a minecraft server works??? (bad english srry)
might be possible for 2-4 players but performance would be an issue.
You can run unity in this device?? I need to execute a 3D I. A with sound
I don’t recommend using a Compute Stick for Unity but in a pinch it should run, although very slow and possibly unstable.
Thanks for your response @@dailycompute
Can it support 256gb micro sd cards?
I don‘t know and I don‘t have one to test with, sorry :/
it can support 1TB (1tb in mine)
wow
They’ve launched new sticks what are you talking about
Which ones? I have not found any sticks newer than 2016.
Link or it didn't happen mate.